Finance Business Partner

3 weeks ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role
The Finance Team in Cambridgeshire is well regarded and is a key support service that helps the smooth running of the Council and ensures value for money for local taxpayers.

This post will be key to providing Finance support to schools and meeting the local authority’s statutory responsibilities in respect of maintained schools financial reporting. It makes a real difference to the financial sustainability of our schools and is a key part of ensuring good stewardship of public funds.

We work on a hybrid basis at Cambridgeshire, with teams coming into the office together one or two days per week, with the option to be home or office based for the rest of the week. Re-location support can be provided to eligible people who move to the local area for this role.

Interviews are expected to take place in week commencing 21 August 2023.

What will you be doing?
You will be involved in range of financial activities and will be integral to supporting the finance team to fund and monitor maintained schools as part of the annual financial cycle.

You will be responsible for maintaining financial policies and guidance for maintained schools to reflect national and local changes.

You will be working alongside other business partners in the Children’s finance team, as well as liaising with colleagues across the Children’s, Education and Families directorate.

About you
We are looking to appoint a committed and self-motivated financial professional to support the team in the provision of a comprehensive financial support service to our customers and partners.

You will need to be a fully or part-qualified accountant, or qualified accounting technician with relevant experience, and be able to demonstrate experience in budget setting, monitoring and planning, together with strong technical accounting skills. You should have a proven track record of undertaking complex financial analysis and possess the ability to communicate this information in an understandable manner.

We are committed to the professional development of our staff in the Finance Team, so don’t be worried if you don’t have a background in Schools finance.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme



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